# How old do I look? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2015, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754 "2015-07-10T10:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/61 "2015-07-10T23:10:58Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > OK, I added a pic of [my left hand](http://s72.photobucket.com/user/fairychatmom/media/Test/DSCN2603_zps4lbkvi0g.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0) - it’s harder to take a picture of your own hand than you might imagine! 😃 > > Does that change anyone’s guess? I think with the hand photo, I would have somewhere around 55. You look great, by the way. What ever you’re doing, keep it up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/62 "2015-07-10T23:36:53Z")
Frankly, I’d have pegged you for late forties, early fifties. You look good. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/63 "2015-07-10T23:48:31Z")
I said 54. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/64 "2015-07-11T00:09:43Z")
I guessed a much younger age than you revealed. Like, much younger. I looked at the spoiler before I posted this, but after I made my guess. I am 46 ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/65 "2015-07-11T00:41:37Z")
I thought 45, based on the lack of grey. I’m 44, and I have grey in my hair. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/66 "2015-07-11T01:03:16Z")
Without looking at anyone else’s answers I would say 43 to 48 years old. I’m not good at this game though. So, let me center that guess on 46’ish. Now I’m gonna take my lumps. ETA: Wow. You are a very young looking 61. Good on ya’. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/67 "2015-07-11T01:07:07Z")
I’m no idiot, so I’ll say you don’t look a day over 21. You are supposed to titter and blush prettily. > [@jimbuff314](#): > > And **MeanOldLady** is 32? 😕 😕 It’s the meanness that keeps her young. At home she has a portrait you don’t want to see. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/68 "2015-07-11T01:14:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Without looking at anyone else’s answers I would say 43 to 48 years old. I’m not good at this game though. So, let me center that guess on 46’ish. > Now I’m gonna take my lumps. > ETA: Wow. You are a very young looking 61. Good on ya’. Oh, and I’m 52 BTW. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/69 "2015-07-11T02:47:51Z")
I’m 64, and famously terrible at guessing age. I say 45-50. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/70 "2015-07-11T02:59:50Z")
I looked at the spoiler, but just judging by the photos, I’d say late 40s to mid-50s. and I’m 53. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/71 "2015-07-11T03:11:22Z")
I’m 55 (in people years). I was thinking 45-52, but I’m too much of a gentlemen to guess a woman’s age to her fac… :smack: BTW, how’s your foot? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/72 "2015-07-11T08:17:47Z")
My tablet doesn’t want to display your photobucket images, so I went off the thumbnail pic in your profile (which I had to zoom in on). My guess was late 40s - early 50s, but I have no idea when that picture was taken. Disclosure: I already knew you’re approximately of retirement age, from my exposure to your posts down the years. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/73 "2015-07-11T13:56:53Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I’m no idiot, so I’ll say you don’t look a day over 21. You are supposed to titter and blush prettily. Nah - I don’t play that game. In fact, when people make comments about my birthday being my 29th, I generally want to smack them - do I really come across as that shallow? I’m serious that I’m not doing this for ego - I really want to know how I’m perceived. It appears that good clean living (no smoking, drinking, or recreational substances) and some non-graying genetics seem to make a difference. We’ve got Senior tickets to a show next week - wonder if I’ll be carded?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/74 "2015-07-11T13:58:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > My tablet doesn’t want to display your photobucket images, so I went off the thumbnail pic in your profile (which I had to zoom in on). My guess was late 40s - early 50s, but I have no idea when that picture was taken. The profile pic is from my daughter’s high school graduation in 2004, so I was 50 when it was taken - so you were right on the money there! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/75 "2015-07-11T14:01:28Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > BTW, how’s your foot? Here’s where the age shows up - my foot?? I don’t recall any foot issues. Most recently, I’ve been dealing with poison ivy on my legs. Now you’ve got me wondering about my memory… ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/76 "2015-07-11T14:26:48Z")
I’m 58. I guessed you as being around the same range…late 50’s, early 60’s. You’ve been lucky with the gray hair thing. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/77 "2015-07-11T15:03:24Z")
I just went with being in your 50s. Then I peeked to be sure I wouldn’t wind up insulting you by saying that. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/78 "2015-07-11T15:44:40Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Here’s where the age shows up - my foot?? I don’t recall any foot issues. Most recently, I’ve been dealing with poison ivy on my legs. Now you’ve got me wondering about my memory… Well, now you’ve got me wondering about MINE! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/79 "2015-07-11T15:52:46Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I just went with being in your 50s. Then I peeked to be sure I wouldn’t wind up insulting you by saying that. You’re an imaginary entity on Teh Intrarwebz - you are incapable of insulting me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754/80 "2015-07-12T03:20:26Z")
I guessed around 50. I’m 42 and I also look younger than my age. It’s a blessing and a curse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754.md?page=5)